"Nostalgia aguda, infinita, terrible, de lo que tengo."

"Back of my forehead I feel tonight A whole sky full of stars. Under a western moon. Life is indeed lovely!"

"Literature is a state of culture, poetry is a state of grace, before and after culture."

"A permanent state of transition is man's most noble condition. When we say an artist is in a state of transition, man…"

"Dynamic ecstasy is absolute romanticism, absolute heroism. And here I return to my point. From my point of view, afte…"

"If they give you ruled paper, write the other way."

"I am not I. I am this one walking beside me whom I do not see, whom at times I manage to visit, and whom at other tim…"

"This short book, where joy and sadness are twins, like the ears of Platero, was written for … I have no idea for whom…"

"Island of grace, of freshness and of joy, Golden Age of children; always I could find you in my life, a sea of mourni…"

"Platero is a small donkey, a soft, hairy donkey: so soft to the touch that he might be said to be made of cotton, wit…"